The psychology of counseling : professional techniques for pastors, teachers ; youth leaders, and all who are engaged in the incomparable art of counseling / by Clyde M. Narramore.

Includes bibliographical references.

Part I. Basic Concepts and techniques of counseling -- 1. The importance of counseling -- 2. To whom do they turn? -- 3. The counselor -- 4. Professional ethics -- 5. Counseling arrangements -- 6. The Counseling process -- 7. Your best attention -- 8. The value of discussion -- 9. Accepting the counselee -- 10. Waiting for the real problem -- 11. Recognizing the therapeutic process -- 12. The significance of pauses -- 13. Problems and their setting -- 14. Tracing the origins -- 15. Physical causes -- 16. Multiple perspectives -- 17. Motives for discussion -- 18. Focusing on the client's problem -- 19. Encouraging self-reliance -- 20. Handling direct questions -- 21. Involvement -- 22. Responsibility for referrals -- 23. Extending your counseling ministry -- 24. The Great Physician -- 25. Success in counseling -- 26. Growing professionally -- Part II. Special areas of counseling -- 27. Counseling with teen-agers -- 28. The mentally and emotionally ill -- 29. Basic guides in marriage counseling -- 30. Problems of sex -- Part III. The use of scripture in counseling -- 31. The use of scripture in counseling -- 32. Terms -- 33. Books and Recordings

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